Tai Freligh chats with Michael Hirsh and Clive Smith, producers of The Story of the Faithful Wookiee, Droids and Ewoks, ahead of their Star Wars Celebration panel in Japan… Prepare to meet the men behind the legend—Boba Fett—who premiered in an animated short in 1978’s The Star Wars Holiday Special. We’re taking a deep dive […]
Movie Review – A Disturbance in the Force (2023)
A Disturbance in the Force, 2023. Directed by Jeremy Coon and Steve Kozak. Featuring Bruce Vilanch, Kevin Smith, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Mick Garris, Donny Osmond, Jason Lenzi, Seth Green, Taran Killam, Steve Binder, Craig Miller, Gilbert Gottfried, Lenny Ripps, Brian Ward, Paul Scheer, Kyle Newman, Matthew Robbins, Miki Herman, Marc Pevers, Jonathan Rinzler, Anthony Caleca, […]
Exclusive Interview – Producer Jeremy Coon talks about new Star Wars Holiday Special documentary: “Han Solo was married to a Wookiee”
Brad Cook chats with producer Jeremy Coon about his Star Wars Holiday Special documentary Disturbance in the Force… Before the prequels and the current crop of movies and TV shows from Disney, nothing agitated most Star Wars fans more than the Holiday Special that aired in 1978. It was part new Star Wars story, which […]
Hasbro’s Star Wars Comic-Con 2023 reveals include Ahsoka, KOTOR, The Holiday Special and more
As part of its San Diego Comic-Con announcements, Hasbro has unveiled a host of upcoming Star Wars action figure products across its Vintage Collection, Retro Collection and Black Series lines, including characters from Star Wars: Ahsoka, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Knights of the […]
Star Wars Holiday Special documentary A Disturbance in the Force gets a trailer and poster
Ahead of its world premiere at SXSW next Saturday, a teaser trailer has been released for the documentary A Disturbance in the Force. Written and directed by Jeremy Coon and Steve Kozak, the documentary chronicles the making and airing of 1978’s notorious The Star Wars Holiday Special and features interviews with Seth Green, Weird Al […]
Disney+ adding Star Wars: Clone Wars, Ewoks movies and animated series, and Boba Fett’s first appearance
Here’s some exciting news for Star Wars fans – and completionists in particular – as Disney+ has announced that it is set to bring the Star Wars Vintage Collection to the streaming service on April 2nd. Along with Genndy Tartakovsky’s Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series from 2003, the new additions include Lucasfilm’s two Ewoks TV […]
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special executive producer on incorporating elements of the infamous 1978 Holiday Special
Lucasfilm is set to revisit one of the deepest, darkest corners of the entire Star Wars saga this November as it pays tribute to the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special with a brand new animated LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special on Disney+. The original Holiday Special aired but one single time in 1978, and […]
New Star Wars Holiday Special coming to Disney+, in LEGO form!
Lucasfilm is putting together a brand new Star Wars Holiday Special that will air on Disney+. The original Star Wars Holiday Special released in 1978 has a special place in the franchise’s history but did anyone think Lucasfilm would actually make another one? Well, it turns out that is exactly what is going to happen, […]
The Star Wars Holiday Special continues to be a baffling, fascinating cultural relic
To compliment the release of the “final” entry into the Skywalker Saga, Shaun Munro revisits the most infamous piece of Star Wars media in existence, 1978’s legendarily woeful Star Wars Holiday Special… While Star Wars fans routinely squabble over whether The Phantom Menace or The Last Jedi is the movie which sent the franchise irreversibly hurtling off […]
Jon Favreau still keen on making a new Star Wars Holiday Special
In the run up to the premiere of The Mandalorian, creator Jon Favreau joked that he’d like to develop a new Star Wars Holiday Special – referring to the infamous variety show abomination which aired back on CBS in 1978 – only it seems he wasn’t joking after all! “Oh I would definitely be interested […]
